Velia Simoncini - Tree-Lined Avenue

Landscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been a major aspiration for artists of every era. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance; then with atmospheric rendering in the sixteenth century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

Some of Velia Simoncini's works reveal the artist's post-Impressionist maturity. The composition is compressed entirely into the foreground, allowing no spatial depth. The painter's aim, in these cases, is not to capture the sensory aspect of the subject, but to capture its very essence, its substance. To this end, the brushstroke, rich in texture, intervenes, fleshing out the objects, breaking them down into different planes, recording the vibrations of light and life within them. The sensory aspect, therefore, is completely transcended in a complex conception of pictorial practice in which the artist's gestures themselves play a fundamental role.

Velia Simoncini was born in Porto Recanati in 1911 and passed away in 2003. Demonstrating a passion for art from an early age, she was self-taught. Only as an adult did she manage to attend painting schools in Macerata. She exhibited extensively in Italy and abroad, in cities such as Venice, Monte Carlo, Rome, Urbino, Washington, Paris, and Brera. She received important awards, including medals and gold plaques. She also received the Venice Biennale Trophy and the international Golden Lion award. She was named a Knight of the Republic.

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